The Week's Top Story: Del Ray Walgreens Project Moving Forward
Mount Vernon Avenue drug store closer to reality after planners resist request from Alexandria officials to pursue locations elsewhere in the city.
Alexandria Economic Development Partnership
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Del Ray Walgreens Project Ready to Move Forward
Mount Vernon Avenue drug store closer to reality after planners resist request from Alexandria officials to pursue locations elsewhere in the city.
Despite requests from Alexandria officials to take its business elsewhere in the city, Walgreens is poised to take over the retail strip at 1509-1517 Mount Vernon Ave. in Del Ray. • See: Walgreens in Del Ray: 'I Don't Think Anything is Going to Stop This' Gwen Wright of the city’s Planning Department told Patch city officials recently asked Pico Triple Net, a company that purchases and renovates commercial space Walgreens finds desirable, if it would consider looking elsewhere in the city, specifically in Potomac Yard or east of Braddock Road Metro Station. “We said we like the idea of a national retailer opening a location in the city, but we talked about other options [than Mount Vernon Avenue],” Wright said. “They said they will think …
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Report: Alexandria May Subsidize NSF Move
Two Alexandria sites have entered proposals for a new headquarters for the National Science Foundation.
In an attempt to lure the National Science Foundation to the city, Alexandria may subsidize the institution’s potential move, according to the Washington Business Journal. The General Services Administration is currently evaluating proposals for a new headquarters for the NSF. Submissions were due Jan. 9. The NSF is currently headquartered in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County. The institution is one of the federal government’s primary scientific research organizations and would be a huge economic boon for Alexandria. The NSF has a $7 billion annual budget, 2,400 employees and a contractor tail of another 2,200. Val Hawkins, president and CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, and Mark Jinks, deputy Alexandria …
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DRM
1:03 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Those who live in the city continually vote for the same people for city council and then are surprised and mad when they approve government buildings like BRAC!! Try voting for different representatives and then maybe you'll get the results you want. more ›
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Council Pursuing FBI Headquarters to Relocate to Alexandria
Victory Center on Eisenhower Avenue considered an "emerging possibility."
Could the FBI move its headquarters to Alexandria? On Tuesday during a City Council meeting, Mayor Bill Euille asked city staff what could be done to put Alexandria in contention to land the agency. The General Services Administration announced last week that it is reviewing sites for a new FBI headquarters. U.S. Rep. Jim Moran (D-8th) and several other local lawmakers then sent a letter to the GSA administrator urging him to consider Northern Virginia. Euille said Tuesday that Moran mentioned the vacant Victory Center on Eisenhower Avenue as a possible location for the FBI at a meeting of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties in Tysons Corner. “Where are we and what can we do to be in line to be considered to be one…
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Michael Josef Basl
5:30 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Hoffman Center, Carlyle in Play for National Science Foundation
Two Alexandria properties will submit bids to bring agency headquarters to the city.
Properties at the Hoffman Center and Carlyle Plaza will submit lease bids to potentially land the National Science Foundation, which sent out its request for proposals for a new headquarters last week. Alexandria Deputy City Manager Mark Jinks and Alexandria Economic Development Partnership President and CEO Val Hawkins made a presentation to Alexandria City Council about the bids on Tuesday night. “[The General Services Administration] has said who can provide the best bottom line… is considered the winner,” Jinks said. “I think you’ll see a lot of sharpened pencils all over the region in the next month.” This month, the GSA pushed back the deadline for the agency to be in its new home by two years, to December 2016, potentially opening …
Michael Josef Basl
5:31 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Friday, October 19, 2012
Council Approves Potomac Yard Development Containing New Giant
Future of Monroe Avenue Giant remains in question.
Alexandria City Council approved the construction of a six-story, mixed-use development in Potomac Yard on Saturday that will include 253 residential units and a 69,000-square foot Giant grocery store. The development will be built just off Route 1 and north of Alexandria Fire Station 209 on Main Line Boulevard between E. Glebe Road and Seaton Avenue. It will have two and a half levels of underground parking for residents and grocery store customers. Twelve of the residential units will be reserved at an affordable rate. The Giant will consume most of the ground floor of the development and is expected to include a Starbucks, bakery, pharmacy and an outdoor cafe at the corner of E. Glebe Road and Main Line Boulevard. The construction of …
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DD
9:45 pm on Saturday, March 16, 2013
I agree. we love how we can walk to the Giant and CVS! more ›
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Workshop Tuesday on Alexandria Marketing Fund
The grant program provides seed money to innovative projects in the city that are expected to help promote Alexandria as a destination for visiting, shopping, dining and doing business.
The Alexandria Economic Development Partnership is hosting a workshop late Tuesday afternoon to offer more information on the city’s Marketing Fund. The fund is a grant program providing seed money to innovative projects in the form of matching funds. The fund, according to the city’s website, “is designed to increase revenues within the city by fostering public/private partnerships that promote Alexandria as a destination for visiting, shopping, dining and doing business.” City Council appropriates money for the fund and the Alexandria Marketing Fund Committee allocates it. Tuesday’s workshop offers presentations by advertising, branding, promotion and technology experts and discuss with attendees strategies for applying for fund monies. …
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
What Should Replace Audi of Alexandria?
Dealership set to leave Del Ray sometime in 2013.
Audi of Alexandria is on the move, but exactly when the dealership relocates from Mt. Vernon Avenue to Columbia Pike in Arlington County remains unclear. Messages left with dealership management last week went unreturned, but a representative with Audi of Alexandria said over the phone that the dealership would move sometime in 2013. A rendering of the dealership’s new Columbia Pike facility is currently on display in the showroom. The impending move has set off discussion of what is to become of the site at 1704 Mt. Vernon Ave. The issue recently came up at a meeting community groups had with the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership. “All parties realize that we do not control the property. We are currently reaching out to the …
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Delraymike
7:22 pm on Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Mom's Organic with Cafe seating and a prepared foods section more ›
Monday, June 25, 2012
Waffle Shop to Keep Quirky Awnings
Ownership of the 24-hour restaurant in Arlandria will not replace awnings and instead look into rehabilitating its neon signage.
The Waffle Shop in Arlandria will keep its quirky and iconic misspelled awnings, members of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership told Patch on Monday afternoon. Last week, members of AEDP announced that ownership of the 24-hour restaurant at the corner of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Russell Road had decided to use money secured through AEDP’s Facade Improvement Grant Program to install new awnings and correct the spelling of “Wafle Shop.” Ownership had a change of heart after learning of the support and appreciation for the awnings from customers and neighbors. One man even asked to purchase one of the awnings after learning of ownership’s decision to replace them. The grant money could instead be used to rehabilitate the restaurant’s…
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Brian Boyle
2:48 pm on Thursday, April 11, 2013
Great. Maybe when the neon signs are repaired we can all meet up for egs over esy and a side of tost. more ›
Thursday, June 21, 2012
'Wafle Shop' Awning to be Replaced
Restaurant ownership taking advantage of grant program from the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership.
The awning at the Waffle Shop in Arlandria will soon be replaced, meaning the quirky, beloved and possibly iconic misspelling of “wafle” is not long for the tight corner of Mt. Vernon Avenue and Russell Road. At Wednesday’s Arlandria Action Plan open house at Cora Kelly Recreation Center, members of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership announced that ownership of the 24-hour restaurant had decided to make the change. The restaurant's owners are taking advantage of AEDP’s Facade Improvement Grant Program, which provides an opportunity for business and commercial property owners to improve the appearance of building facades and storefronts. It’s an incentive for businesses located inside Alexandria’s Enterprise Zone. The Waffle …
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Drew Hansen
3:19 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Ownership has decided to keep the awnings. Learn more here: http://delray.patch.com/articles/waffle-shop-to-keep-quirky-awnings more ›
Chad Gilbert
8:11 am on Monday, April 8, 2013
Apparently the Walgreen's is going to be built, best to see if the residents of the area see if Walgreen's is willing to conform to the local architectural. I have seen other Walgreen's around the country as I have traveled and in some cases they have worked hard to bend in the neighborhood, but in other cases they have the same architectural theme and they do good landscaping. more ›